Dear colleagues in the VREF Community,
This is the recording of the launch of a new International Research Program within VREF:s Informal and Shared Mobility in Low- and Middle Income Countries Program (ISM). The launch took place 12 December and gave participants opportunity to meet the researchers, hear about their plans for the coming years and connect for future activities.
In October 2023 VREF announced the winning research consortium for a three-year International Research Program (IRP); you can read more about the Call and the announcement here. The consortium includes research teams in nine countries and is led by the Columbia University Climate School’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development , (USA). In this launch the international researchers in the consortium gave an overview of their planned work, including innovative Living Labs in seven countries!
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If you are interested in connecting with the IRP and VREF: Send a short message with your name and affiliation to karin.henriksson@vref.se
Program
Welcome and Introduction
Henrik Nolmark, VREF Director
Overview and Agenda of the IRP
Moderator Jacqueline Klopp, Columbia University Climate School’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development
7 Living Labs – Lightning talks
Accra/Kumasi – Ransford Acheampong(Manchester Urban Institute) Bangkok –Saksith Chalermpong (Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute)
Beijing – Su Song (World Resources Institute)
Bogota – Luis Guzman(Engineering Dept, University of Los Andes)
Cape Town – Roger Behrens (Center for Transport Studies, University of Cape Town)
Mumbai – Aneerudha Paul (SPARC and Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies)
San Jose (Costa Rica) – Arturo Steinvorth Álvarez Centro Para la Sostenabildad Urbana
Reflections and the role of networks in transformation
Andrea San Gil, Global Network on Popular Transport (a program of the Shared Use Mobility Center)
Next steps and how to stay involved
Jacqueline Klopp, Columbia University Climate School’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Complementary and future activities in the VREF ISM Program
Henrik Nolmark
Closing remarks
